Comments on: Editing Your Blog Comments

By: Nasty Blog Comments: Human Nature on Blogs : The Blog Herald

Nasty Blog Comments: Human Nature on Blogs : The Blog Herald — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:38:36 +0000

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By: Standards for Life by Natalie Jost » Who owns the comment?

Standards for Life by Natalie Jost » Who owns the comment? — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:49:39 +0000

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By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:24:00 +0000

Thank you for your response to Johan. I have a Blogger blog and was wondering how/if I should answer comments by replying inside the same comment. Turns out it isn’t possible in Blogger, but your reply made me realize that it is something I probably shouldn’t even attempt.

I really like your style and have been madly following your “related articles” links. Lots of good stuff here; so glad I found you!

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:02:02 +0000

@ Johan:

Are you asking if it is a good idea to insert the reply inside the comment instead of just replying in their own separate comment within the comment queue? NO. That is totally inappropriate, ugly, and not how it works.

Each comment needs it’s own platform, so to speak, it’s stage. To reply to a comment, you can just reply as part of the conversation, or include the person’s name, in bold or even their name wrapped in a link to the comment you are replying to, as I’m doing here.

Comment threading is available for WordPress blogs via WordPress Plugin, and there is always talk of adding that feature to the core of WordPress, but do not reply within the commenter’s comment box (editing the comment). It throws things off and it’s hard to tell who said what in that box.

By: Johan

Johan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:22:10 +0000

Lorelle, do you think it’s a good idea to edit the comments to reply them? My friend always replies the comments by editing them. But I think it’s not appropriate to reply the comments that way. Please give me some suggestions.

(Sorry for the language errors, English is not my first language. )

By: Blogs Are Public Documents - Bloggers and Commenters Beware : The Blog Herald

Blogs Are Public Documents - Bloggers and Commenters Beware : The Blog Herald — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:48:11 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:38:15 +0000

Personally I think editing to a point is ok, its just when the meaning of the original gets lost then its too far.

By: goodstuff568

goodstuff568 — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:20:50 +0000

I was wondering, how would you leave an editor’s comment on my blog? Whenever someone posts a comment on my blog, I don’t know how to leave an editor’s comment, knowing that it’s ME replying to them. Instead, I have to use “leave a comment” box at the very end of each comment page. How can you leave an editor’s comment?

By: Weekly Digest: Celebrating Two Years of Lorelle on WordPress.com With Guest Bloggers and Memories « Lorelle on WordPress

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:41:39 +0000

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By: Bioretention

Bioretention — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:09:29 +0000

It’s hard to police good comments, exactly b/c often the best ones are in direct disagreement with the original author’s opinion. Mutual respect is the key, above all else.